Tennessee Statutes
§ 22-1-105 — Discharge of unqualified jurors - Reasonable or proper cause
Tennessee § 22-1-105
JurisdictionTennessee
Title22
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 22-1-105 (2026).
Text
A court may discharge from service a grand or petit juror who does not possess the requisite qualifications, or who is disqualified from such service, or for any other reasonable or proper cause, to be judged by the court. That a state of mind exists on the juror's part that will prevent the juror from acting impartially shall constitute such cause.
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Legislative History
Acts 2008, ch. 1159, § 1.
Nearby Sections
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§ 22-1-101
Obligation to serve - Qualifications§ 22-1-102
Incompetent persons§ 22-1-106
Exemption from process§ 22-2-101
Application of chapter§ 22-2-102
Unlawful acts - Penalties§ 22-2-201
Determination of jury coordinator - Oath - Illness or absence of coordinator - Compensation§ 22-2-306
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 22-1-105, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/22-1-105.